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Company description
MERLIN ATTRACTIONS OPERATIONS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 7 June 2007; registered for 19 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 70100 · Activities of head offices, with 3 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 1 other public-register record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- MERLIN ATTRACTIONS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 06272935
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 0 outstanding · 6 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
28 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
20 November 2025Next statement due
4 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 24.5%
- Mean bonus gap
- 44.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 51.1%
- Men receiving bonus
- 53.5%
- Women in top quartile
- 42.4%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 49.1%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 51.8%
- Women in lower quartile
- 54.4%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,9991.8% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9992.7% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9994.0% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9991.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9990.2% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9993.4% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9991.1% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9992.7% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 July 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Filed
- 30 January 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 45 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-2
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £160,393,562
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £143,189,362
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £4,978,830
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £127,351,824
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 57.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
45 days
- Dispute resolution process
The Company is committed to dealing with its suppliers in a fair, honest and professional manner while seeking best value for the business. We seek to resolve queries as quickly as possible prior to payment being made. In the event that a dispute cannot be resolved by our Accounts Payable teams, it would escalate in the first instance to the person who authorised the relevant purchase.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 30.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay45.0% outside terms
- 52.0 average days to pay48.0% outside terms
- 67.0 average days to pay62.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay65.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay85.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- MERLIN ATTRACTIONS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 9 June 2026
- Sectors
- Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 15 June 2026
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
Merlin Attractions Operations Limited
2 June 2015 · Total service industries
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06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Merlin Attractions Operations Limited
Registration Z9951848
- Registered from
- 18 July 2007
- Current end date
- 17 July 2027
- Trading names
- WARWICK CASTLE, MADAME TUSSAUDS, LONDON EYE, CENTRAL SUPPORT, STUDIOS
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
TIGER ROCK
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 25,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 September 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 September 2027
Figurative mark
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 16,25,28,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 23 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 August 2027
SUSTY
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 16,25,28,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2027
Susty
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 16,25,28,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2027
RISE OF THE DEMON
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 25,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 November 2026
Madame Tussauds
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 16,25,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 7 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 November 2026
THORPE SHARK HOTEL
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 20 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 October 2026
THORPE SHARK HOTEL
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 20 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 October 2026
AZTECA HOTEL
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 14 July 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 July 2024
CHESSINGTON AZTECA HOTEL
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 14 July 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 July 2024
FRIGHT NIGHTS
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 28 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 June 2023
CHESSINGTON
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 26 July 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 July 2021
CHESSINGTON WORLD OF ADVENTURES
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 16 November 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 November 2020
THORPE PARK
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 16 November 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 November 2020
WARWICK CASTLE
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 24 December 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 December 2027
Madame Tussauds
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 16,25,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 August 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 August 2027
ALTON TOWERS SCAREFEST
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 21 August 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 August 2027
STEALTH
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 29 December 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 December 2025
Rita queen of speed
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 6,16,21,41
- Filed / designated
- 1 February 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 February 2025
MADAME TUSSAUDS FIGURES
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 4,20,40
- Filed / designated
- 21 January 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 January 2025
Oblivion
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 3
- Filed / designated
- 10 June 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 June 2024
DRAGON'S FURY
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 30 September 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 September 2023
LAND OF THE DRAGONS
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41,43
- Filed / designated
- 30 September 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 September 2023
EYE
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 19 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 August 2023
TERROR OF THE TOWERS
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 3,9,16,18,21,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 5 March 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 March 2023
Fastrack
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2023
CARIBA CREEK
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 3,9,16,18,21,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2023
SPLASH LANDINGS HOTEL
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,21,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 20 December 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 December 2022
Alton Towers SPLASH LANDINGS
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,21,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 20 November 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 November 2022
FLAMBO'S
Owner Merlin Attractions Operations Limited · classes 43
- Filed / designated
- 27 August 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 August 2022
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Charcoal Midco 1 Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 06125930
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: TUSSAUDS ATTRACTIONS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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